Marking device for bags



May 4, 1943- H. KLUGER` MARKIFNG DEVICE FOR BAGS Filed April 1l, 1941 A TTORNEYS.

Patented May 4, 1943 MARKING DEVICE Fon BAGS Herman Kluger, White Plains, N. Y., assignor to' Fulford Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Rhode Island Application April 11, 1941, Serial No. 388,042 6 Claims., v(Cl.` 40-143) This invention relates to a marking device particularly adapted for a bag of the type carried by Women and frequently referred to as a handbag.

In the use of handbags it is desirable that they be individualized or personalized to the extent `of being marked with some feature character:- istic of the owner such, for instance, as the initials of the owner; and various means have been provided for attaching initials to handbags. Frequently the application of such markings requires piercing a hole in the bag or distorting the bag in such a manner that the marking device must become a permanent part of the bag. In other instances some sort of adhesive must be used, or some arrangement for sliding an initial into place must be provided, all of which requires a more or less complicated manufacture or a procedure which is annoying to the retail seller of the bag.

One of the objects of this invention is to simplify the application by the retail seller of the selected initial or character to the bag. l Another object of the invention is to provide a mark which will eliminate the necessity of using adhesives or making holes in the bag for the application of the initial or character. Another object of the invention is to provide an initial or character which will be of a color so as to harmonize with the bag and one in which this color material may be assembled complete in the making by the bag manufacturer, leaving the application of the character alone to the retail seller.

Another obiect of the invention is to provide a marking device of such a character that it may be applied in various locations on the bag or to function with the bag such, for instance', as to become a part of the snap lock or lift loc of such a bag.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of conr struction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

, In the accompanying drawing: v

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an envelope type o bag with my marking device applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the structure of Fig. 1 in closed or locked position;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but in open or unlocked position;

Fig. 4 is a central sectional view through a seca tion of Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 such for instance as line 4--4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 shows a modification with reference to Fig. 1 showing a frame type of bag with a lift lock, showing my initial as applied to suchgbag;

Fig. 6 is a central sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 5; v

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the base of -my marking device;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the intermediate member of my marking device;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the cover for the intermediate member; and

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the stencil plate.

In carrying forward this invention, I utilize the marking device as a convenient part of the closure of the bag. The device consists essentially of three or four parts, there being a base which may be mounted upon and act as a lever in connection with the closure mechanism; This base is so constructed as to have mounted upon it an intermediate member whichl may or may not carry aseparate sheet o-fstock which will be of the same material as that of which the bag is made, this being formed as a permanent attachment to the base plate at the time of making up the bag, and has an obverse face of the color or of the material which it is desired shall form the letter or character of my device which may be provided by a cover thereover. An additional stencil plate is cut out to provide the stencil desired through which the surface of the intermediate member or its covering may be observed and which plate may be easily attached to the permanent structure assembled with the bag by easy manipulation or bending of certain fingers.

' With reference to the drawing, I have illustrated in Fig. 1 an envelope type of baghaving a body portion I0 and a llap II which is opened by lifting the flap and which flap is held in position by some convenient clasp arrangement. This clasp arrangement consists of a metal plate I2 which has prongs upon it to pass through the wall I3 of the bag and be bent to hold the plate in position. as at I5 on this plate I2 and is urged by a leaf spring I6 either clockwise or counterclockwise as Viewed in Fig. 4, depending on the position to which the member is swung manually.l In the position shown in Fig. 4, the member I4 is urged counterclockwise, although when swung through substantially 45 degrees, the application of the spring pressure relative to the pivot I5 will cause the mounting member I4 to move clockwise. Thisplate I2 also has a pin Il mounted upon it to extend outwardly therefrom and be received in the eyelet I8 xed in the flap II. The flap II is held in this position by some A mounting member I4 is hinged ber 24 which may consist of a piece of wood of a size usually slightly smaller than the base 20 and usually conforming to the shape of the base, although not necessarily so. vOver this intermediate member I provide a covering of some material 25, which may conveniently be a piece of the material which goes to form the .body of the bag, in which case the initial I am to provide will be of the saine color as the bag; although it may be that contrasting colors will be desirable, and in this case some contrasting color or material will be used; or, if the member 24` is of some colored piece of plastic, this might be utilized without the provision of a cover; blut I'have found that the provision of a cover of the bag material and a piece of wood is very desirable- This intermediate member with its cover drawn over its edge and rear surface will be secured permanently in position upon the base 2 such, for instance, as by passing screws 26 through the holes 22 to hold this intermediate member in place. At this point a bag manufacturer will terminate his operations upon the bag clasp or initialling device, vsupplying the bag at this stage to the retailer, but also supplying along with the bag so equipped a set of stencil plates 21.

Each stencil plate will consist of sheet stock cut out as at 28 to provide the desired initial or character, the plate being called a stencil plate because of its similarity to a stencil in such an operation, although-no stencilling operation is performed. From this plate there extend rearwardly bendable fingers 29 which are of the number and location to t into notches 2| in the base plate. The retailer in selling the bag merely needs to apply the initial cr stencil plate 21 to the bag by locating the fingers so that they will register with the notches 2| and bend the fingers 29 over the intermediate member 24 and into the notches 2| so that they will lie substantially flush with the back plate 20 such as shown at 30 in Figs. 1 and 6. By this arrangement the stencil plate 21 vis prevented from relative rotary motion as well as being held firmly to the as:- sembly. `The' cut out 28 will exhibit the coverv ZS'thr'ough the opening.

Figs. and 6, I have illustrated the bas plate 20 as applied to a lift lock of a frame bag. The bag, designated generally 3|, is provided with a frame 32, 33 with an L-shaped clasp 34 pivoted as at 35 and having the base plate mounted on the leg 3B of the clasp. This leg is recessed as at 31 to hook over the vrolled nger 38 Xed on the frame portion 33.- There is sufficient resiliency in the L-shaped clasp so as to lock over the rolled lingers 38 and hold the frame in position when the lock is moved from the dotted line position downwardly to the full line position in Fig. 6 or released when moved upwardly into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 6. The base serves as an extension of thel L-shaped-arm 36 so as to act as a lifting means forpthis lock. The base is the same as heretofore described, being merely attached to a diierent form of locking device; and it is quite apparent that this device may be utilized in other arrangements functionally where it is desired that a marking be provided.

I claim:

1. In a marking device, a base adapted for mounting as an adjunct to a bag and provided with notches in its edge, an intermediate member permanently secured to said base, a stencil plate placed over said member, a cut-out in said plate through which the member is visible, bendable fingers on said plate bent back about the edge of said member and into said notches whereby the stencil plate is secured to said member and said base.

2. In a marking device, a base adapted for mounting as an adjunct to a bag and provided with notches in its edge, an intermediate member permanently secured to said base and covered with a sheet of stock to provide an obverse surface, a stencil plate placed over said member, a cut-out in said plate through which the member is visible, bendable lingers on said plate bent back about the edge of said member and into said notches whereby the stencil plate is secured to said member and said base.

3; In combination with a bag, a marking device, a base adapted for mounting on the bag, an intermediate member permanently secured to said base and covered with a sheet of stock of the same material as the bag to provide an obverse surface, and a stencil plate having a cut-out portion attachable over said member with the said obverse surface visible through the cut-out portion of said plate and means to hold the plate in fixed position with reference to said base.

4. In combination with a bag made of iiexible material, a marking device, a base adapted for mounting on the bag and provided with notches in its edge, an intermediate member permanently secured to said base and covered with a sheet of stock of the same material as the bag to provide an obverse surface, a stencil plate placed over said member, a cut-out in said plate through which the member is visible, bendable fingers on said plate bent back about the edge of said member and into said notches whereby the stencil plate is secured to said member and said base.

5. In a marking device, a'base adapted for mounting as an adjunct to a bag, an intermediate member secured to said base and covered With material harmonizing in color with the bag in a manner so as to haveat least one face "and edge of said lmember covered, a stencil plate 'attachable over said material and of 'a form to expose the material covering the edge of said member and having a cutout portion through which the material is also visible, and means to hold the plate inpos'ition over said material with its edge in spaced relation to said base. I

6. In a marking device, a base adapted for mounting as an adjunct to a bag, an intermediate member permanently secured to said base, a stencil plate placed over said member, a cutout in said plate through which the member is visible, bendable ngers on said plate bent back about the edge of said member and into said notches whereby the stencil plate is secured'to said member and said base.

HERMAN KLUCTER; 

